[caption id="attachment_32511" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Sylven Landesberg, the 2008 ACC Rookie of the Year, will lead Virginia against award runner-up Al-Farouq Aminu and the Demon Deacons Saturday in Winston-Salem.
[caption id="attachment_32509" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Though she only scored three points in 22 minutes, junior guard Paulisha Kellum delivered the game-winning basket in Virginia's victory against Boston College.
Out with the old, in with the new. Groh is gone, Mike London returns. After a nine-loss season, including one to FCS school William & Mary, Athletic Director Craig Littlepage decided he had had enough.
[caption id="attachment_32506" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Senior Brent Jones only needed 15 seconds to pin third-ranked Eric Lapotsky of Oklahoma.
The No. 9 men and No. 11 women swim and dive teams will resume ACC action this weekend at Duke and North Carolina. The Cavaliers (5-1, 2-0 ACC) hope to pick up where they left off last Thursday when they defeated nationally-ranked Florida State, 161-134 and 163-123, respectively.
[caption id="attachment_32478" align="alignleft" width="203" caption="Senior guard Monica Wright was selected as a preseason All-American and was recently put on a midseason short list as a candidate for the Wooden Award.
[caption id="attachment_32476" align="alignleft" width="252" caption="New defensive coordinator Jim Reid hired Mike London at the University of Richmond 15 years ago.
If you read any magazine or newspaper during the weeks leading up to the new year, chances are high that you encountered at least one ranked list of "The Best of the Aughts." No topic was spared from these insufferable countdowns.
If John Paul Jones Arena were a basketball player, you could say that it had a great rookie season, abruptly retired and took two years off and is now back in the game at the same high level it was at three years ago. As a fourth-year student, I have to say that I'm practically giddy about how life has returned to JPJ.
[caption id="attachment_32433" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sophomore midfielder Tony Tchani, an integral part of the Cavaliers' national title squad, declared for the Major League Soccer draft and was selected second overall by the New York Red Bulls.
[caption id="attachment_32430" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Virginia coach Mike London served as defensive coordinator for the Cavaliers from 2006-07.
I was spoiled rotten during the holiday season - like a fat kid finding a stocking stuffed full of candy on Christmas - with the success of my two favorite sports teams, the Cavaliers and the Dallas Cowboys.
[caption id="attachment_32379" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Freshman midfielder Will Bates has added a team-high three goals in the tournament for a total of 11 this season.
Sixteen hours, 57 minutes and 34 seconds. What productive thing have you done for that amount of time? Diego Restrepo hasn't allowed a goal. For the Virginia men's soccer team's goalkeeper, not one ball has crossed the goal line since the Oct.
[caption id="attachment_32376" align="alignleft" width="243" caption="Junior forward Mike Scott, who scored 17 points against Penn State, and the rest of the Cavaliers will be looking for a more consistent performance in their upcoming matchup against the Tigers.
I'm battling about three colds, exams are a week away and my cheeks are chapped from the cold wind. There's no reason for me to be in any sort of a good mood, yet the predominant emotion I feel right now is gratitude.
[caption id="attachment_32314" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Freshman forward Will Bates has helped orchestrate No.
One of the many reasons we all love sports is that, as the saying goes, games are decided on the field.
[caption id="attachment_32311" align="alignleft" width="169" caption="During his first month on the job, Tony Bennett has led the men's basketball team to a 4-3 record.
[caption id="attachment_32309" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Liz Shaw was responsible for one of the 11 pool records set by Virginia at last year's U.Va.
